NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and ATI Radeon 9200 SE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 64 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 332 MHz
142x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	426 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE

66.7x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 134 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 124

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 134 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	129 vs 124

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

129

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	426	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G80	RV280
Launch date	5 March 2007	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1221	1224
Price now	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR